![]() The preliminary findings of the study convinced the team that there was an urgent need to establish a music school to fill the huge gap in music education within the Palestinian society. In 1990, five Palestinian musicians and music teachers conducted a study on the status of music in Palestine upon a request by the Welfare Association. It is responsible for the annual Arabic music Layali Tarab fi Quds al Arab festival, and the mainly classical Jasmine Festival. In addition to administrating two major festivals, the ESNCM promotes concerts of Arabic, western classical and jazz music throughout Palestine at all times of year. The ESNCM has several resident Arabic music ensembles, student and professional, which have toured throughout the world, and its students have taken part in collaborative projects with well-known international musicians. ![]() It performs an eclectic mix of film western classical music, opera, arrangements of Arabic music and film music. The ESNCM Orchestra, the only Palestinian symphony orchestra performing in Palestine today where all the musicians are drawn from the local communities, promotes concerts throughout the year in the main Palestinian towns and cities. Both orchestras have an agenda of promoting music by living Arab composers. The ESNCM's professional orchestra - the PNO - formed in December 2010, has performed in Palestine, Jordan and Indonesia. It enjoys the support of international partner institutions including the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. ![]() Its youth orchestra - the PYO - has performed in Palestine, Italy, Jordan, Greece, Bahrain, Germany, Syria and Lebanon. The recently formed Palestine Strings ensemble performed with Nigel Kennedy in 2012, and toured the US in 2011. The ESNCM administrates the Palestine Youth Orchestra and the Palestine National Orchestra, in addition to a number smaller projects. Edward Said National Conservatory of Music July 2012
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